Canton Repository history and operation notes 1951
A brief record of The Canton Repository newspaper including its evolution from The Ohio Repository to The Canton Repository, its Associated Press affiliation, special representatives, and circulation rates. Dated Tuesday January 2, 1951.
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Ohio Repository
Stark County Republican
Canton Repository & Republican
Canton Repository
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New York
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Philadelphia
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Chicago
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Taft warns on costs of large mobilization and economic strain
Taft argues a 10 percent living standard reduction from mobilization underestimates true costs, omitting indirect losses and long term wealth impact. He cautions against deficit financing and current taxation to cover war needs, urging fiscal balance and efficiency amid likely defense spending, while warning Congress about potential bankruptcy without restraint.
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Erator Taft
Taft
Eternal Vigilance in Snow and Ice Fades Across Nation
Eternal Vigilance no 4 argues winter driving skill has risen from experience but national safety is threatened by a lapse in ordinary driving vigilance. It cites rising accident records, notes drivers who avoided crashes rely on constant skepticism, proactive hazard awareness, and mistrust of others to prevent accidents.
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Inter
From Jenny to Sabre and the WWI aviators' reflections
Veterans of World War I, the heroic aviators who fought over the trenches, admire today’s jet dogfights in Korea. They note the vast leap from rickety WWI aircraft to near sound barrier speeds and marvel at how prior pilots would have hesitated to taxi those planes. They acknowledge younger generations now shielded by advanced aircraft from direct danger, deeming the spectacle of modern conflict both thrilling and perilous.
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Korea
Rickenbacker
Richtofen
Coming to Order in Congress and Ohio Assembly
Embers of the 82nd Congress travel to Washington for a pivotal session while the 99th Ohio General Assembly convenes with a sense of responsibility. The piece notes that lawmakers will be praised and criticized as the American custom dictates, reflecting public opinion in a process of compromise that rarely satisfies all.
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82Nd Congress
Washington
Columbus
99Th General Assembly
Grand Strategy by Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann argues Dulles laid out two American strategy principles the negative area defense and the positive deterrent of retaliatory power. He stresses Europe cannot be defended by area defense alone and urges building a strong European deterrent while supporting Schuman plan to unite France and Germany and secure Western Europe.
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Ohn Foster Dulles
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Department of State
Truman
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Dulles
Red Army
Russia
United States
North American
Europe
Soviet Union
Schuman
France
Germany
Western
N. Y
The Thing mystery of imagination and perception
A satirical column explains The Thing as a concept with no shape or substance yet capable of shifting in color and size. It notes only one person can view it at a time due to a complex mechanism, and traces its mythic status from Eve to postwar song hype. Saurin quotes close with a moral on slander.
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United States
You Earn the Money Washington Spends It
The Tax Foundation documents how government expenditures surged from 1940 to 1949, with production rising while the dollar’s value fell. The decade saw fastest federal spending, expanded tax bases, and rising debt, culminating in 1950 with federal debt near 257 billion and per-person interest costs rising.
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Washington
NCE
The
Tax Foundation
Ohio pollution laws lag behind peers in eight-state region
From Our Readers Ohio and eight-state Ohio Valley report shows lack of a central pollution regulator in Ohio. Enforcement rests with the state health board, hamstrung by weak laws and opposition. A proposed mandatory anti pollution bill faced sabotage and procedural delays. Local groups aided the effort, while Korea era pressures delayed action. Citizens urged to watch for future bills and support pollution relief. Lake O Springs letters note peace of mind and self blame in modern life.
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Ohio Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Ohio
State Board of Health
General Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Conservation Committee
Rules Committee
House
Ohio Conservation Council
House of Representatives
Commission
Korea
Guy Chiner
North
Canton
Debacle in Clarendon garbage service sparks alarm
A Clarendon resident voices frustration over delayed pickups from mid November through December 1950. Cans emptied after deep snow, then again during the second week of December. by year’s end pickups were scarce despite higher quarterly bills. The Repository notes the near breakdown followed by worsening service.
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Clarendon
A Plea for Humility and the Common Touch
A reflective piece urging humility and the value of the common touch. It cites Kipling and emphasizes staying humble amid success, cherishing colleagues, making friends, and continual self-improvement. It counsels honesty, learning, and daily repayment of kindness while acknowledging future forgetfulness. It closes with a reminder to rest each day knowing you have done something helpful.
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Kipling
Once Over By H S Phillips ESS
Margaret earns 200000 a year in a singing role while a portion goes to taxes. The family muses on fame, sponsorships, and the burdens of public life with jokes about Tallulah Bankhead and TV ads. The conversation reveals pride, anxiety, and generational ambition.
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Margaret
Harry
Bess
Television note on presidents made by voters and NBC
A short TV note suggests presidents are shaped by voters like me but credits only Margaret with making NBC. The item highlights a voter influence idea alongside a named media entity.
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Margaret
NBC
Wonder tale of Broadway and other notes
A collage of entertainment gossip and quips from early Broadway and Hollywood. Mentions Charlotte Greenwood in Out of This World and Linger Longer Letty, notes on Somerset Maugham stories adapted to video, Harvey on stage versus film, and playful capsule critiques of several shows. Includes a joke about Joe Stalin’s 71st birthday and a Santa anecdote about post Christmas duties.
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Broadway
Charlotte Greenwood
Somerset Maugham
Harvey
Hollywood
Scarlet Hare
Bell, Bookie
Runyon
Todd
Country
Yale
Century-Old Massillon County Seat Plot Denounced
The Repository reports a Massillon group pressing for a new county with Massillon as the seat, promising new county buildings funded by public money. The paper warns voters to distrust such promises as they are unlikely to be fulfilled. It reflects on past cautions from the paper.
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Massillon
Repository
Mayor Swarts Leads City in Early Marriage Ceremony
Twenty five years ago Canton opened with Mayor S M Swarts officiating the marriage of Homer Hall and Flora Furney. Retiring councilman Earl Hafer became city clerk by council vote. William A Ernst was named vice president of council and J H Emsley began his first term as clerk pro tem.
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Canton
S. M. Swarts
Homer Hall
Flora Furney
Earl Hafer
William A. Ernst
J. H. Emsley
Bombs drop in neutral Ireland sparks raid speculation
A decade ago unidentified aircraft dropped bombs in neutral Ireland near Dublin. It was suggested the payloads may have originated from German planes defeated by the RAF at Liverpool. In Newport Kentucky a two day waiting period for blood tests plus higher fees halted marriages on January 1.
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Ireland
Dublin
R.A.F
Liverpool
Newport
Year of indecision sparks odd fashion and sports twists
The piece notes 1951 as a dubious year amid indecision, mocks new neckties worn by apartment janitors, and mentions a mixed sports scene. It cites Red Sox struggles away from Fenway and hints at a local basketball pairing described as a pen and pencil duo, highlighting neighborhood chatter.
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YE Gotham Bugle & Banner
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Joe Stalin
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Red Sox
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